Vodafone adds 36 lakh new users in March, pips Bharti

Mobile phone operator Vodafone Essar has added 36 lakh new users in March to pip number one player Bharti Airtel in mobile subscriber additions.
The largest mobile network operator in the country, Bharti Airtel, added 30 lakh users in March.
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Mobile phone operator Vodafone Essar has added 36 lakh new users in March to pip number one player Bharti Airtel in mobile subscriber additions.

The largest mobile network operator in the country, Bharti Airtel, added 30 lakh users in March.

At the end of the month, the all-India GSM cellular subscriber base stood at 42.18 crore, a rise of 3.42 per cent in comparison to the previous financial year.

In all, a total of 1.39 crore subcriber additions were registered by GSM telephony operators in the country during March, said the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).

Bharti Airtel's total subcriber base stood at 12.7 crore, which translated into a marketshare of 30.25 per cent. It was followed by Vodafone Essar, which had a total subscriber base of 10 crore and a marketshare of 23.91 per cent.

Idea Cellular added 17 lakh new users during March, which took its mobile user base to 6.38 crore, a marketshare of 15.13 per cent.

State-run BSNL added 24.82 lakh more users in March, which has taken its marketshare to 15.05 per cent and increased its total mobile user base to 6.34 crore.

Aircel had a marketshare of 8.74 per cent in March, with the addition of 20 lakh new users taking its mobile user base to 3.68 crore.

State-run MTNL added 87,420 new users, which gave it a total mobile user base of 47.84 lakh.

New operator Uninor added seven lakh new users in March.

Its mobile subscriber base stands now 42.64 lakh.

India is the fastest growing wireless market and operators are coming out with low tariff schemes to garner more subscribers.

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